Ground+Co

Our first employment initiative is through our coffee cart, Ground+Co which will be used to train and employ those most marginalised to become baristas. Our coffee cart also provides an opportunity for our customers and community to engage directly with our employees, providing a greater, more tangible connection to the cause.

Currently, The Underground Collaborative have partnerships with Zonta House to lend on their expertise and relationships with their clients, and to ensure employees receive the necessary wrap around support.

With continued support, employees will move onto employment in partnership with other hospitality establishments, to provide long-term and sustainable employment beyond Ground+Co.

By the first year of operations, we expect to have impacted the lives of at least six people experiencing, or at-risk of homelessness. Through providing training and employment, our baristas would be considered highly employable, with training and at least six months’ experience.